CHAPTER DCXX

(CLOCKS)

TICK TOCK, TICK TOCK, TICK TOCK!

The same sound of darkness, along with the type of eeriness that accompanied by the dwindling time of a being, but still the early stage of world and book that they are bound and curse from within.

“Me?”

Tucker softly whispers, stopping on his way and asks the question that the shadows that’s been following him heard him so. Loud and clear, but only to their called perception.

“She’s here.”

“She chooses you.”

The shadows whisper to his ears. Running back and forth and around him. With their human form gliding the walls and ceiling with only their two set of circular, but hallowed white eyes and mouth that is plastered into a Cheshire smile.

“Would you like to go?”

“No, you shouldn’t.”

“Go back.”

They warn him. Asking him to ignore the invitation and set himself to where he should be. With the words and reminder that he should prioritize no matter what.

“He will be disappointed if you